A look at how Rob Roberts of “Good Morng Ameri” and other news anchors broke the news that they are gay.
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- JENNA WOLFE, TODAY SHOW ANCHOR, COM OUT AS GAY, ANNOUNC SHE’S EXPECTG A BABY GIRL WH GIRLIEND STEPHANIE GOSK
- FOX NEWS' TAMMY BCE APOLOGIZ "AS A GAY WOMAN AND A FEMIST" FOR RIDICULG AUTISTIC BOYBCE LLED THE 10-YEAR-OLD "A SNOWFLAKE" NEED OF A "SAFE SPACE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYMAY 17, 2017/12:24 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY DAN AVERYMAY 17, 2017 / 12:24 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FOX NEWS' TAMMY BCE APOLOGIZ \"AS A GAY WOMAN AND A FEMIST\" FOR RIDICULG AUTISTIC BOY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-05-17T16:24:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-05-17T16:24:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER A VIO OF MIKE PENCE ACCINTALLY BUMPG A YOUNG BOY WENT VIRAL LAST WEEK, ONE FOX NEWS NTRIBUTOR CLARED THE CHILD WAS A “SNOWFLAKE” FOR MANDG AN APOLOGY OM THE VICE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON FRIDAY, FOX NEWS’ TAMMY BCE CHID 10-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL, CLARG, “I GUS WE’RE GIVG BIRTH TO SNOWFLAK NOW, BEE THAT LOOKED LIKE THAT KID NEED A SAFE SPACE THAT ROOM.” SHE ADD THAT MICHAEL “PRETTY MUCH STALKED THE VICE PRINT AFTERWARDS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHEN TURNED OUT MICHAEL WAS ON THE TISTIC SPECTM, BCE TRIPPED OVER HERSELF TO APOLOGIZE “AS A GAY WOMAN AND A FEMIST.”FOX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON TUDAY, BCE ISSUED AN ON-AIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“FIRST OF ALL, I AM “SO SORRY TO THE FAY,” SHE TOLD VIEWERS. “MY TENTN WAS NEVER TO HURT A KID AND HIS MOM. WE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IA THAT MICHAEL WAS ON THE TISM SPECTM. AND AS A GAY WOMAN AND FEMIST, I HAVE SPENT MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE WORKG TO IMPROVE THE LIV OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND THOSE WHO ARE DISENANCHISED. I GET AND I APOLOGIZE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BCE THANKED MICHAEL’S MOTHER, DR. HERRERA-YEE, FOR BRGG THE MATTER TO LIGHT AND AGREED ’S BT “TO LEAVE KIDS OUT OF OUR POLIL DISCSNS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERRERA-YEE APPEARED ON CNN’S THE LEAD WH JAKE TAPPER ON MONDAY TO EXPRS HER OUTRAGE OVER BCE’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I WAS VASTATED WHEN I SAW WHAT THEY WERE SAYG,” SHE SAID. “THEY DIDN’T EVEN KNOW HIS AGE. THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHO HE WAS, BUT REALLY [WERE] TAKG OUT OF NTEXT A REALLY NOCENT TERCHANGE BETWEEN THE VICE PRINT AND MY SON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE INTIFYG AS A LBIAN, BCE HAS PREVLY ATTACKED THE LGBT MUNY ON THE AIR: IN 2015, SHE MOCKED TRANSGENR CHILDREN BY SAYG, “THERE WAS A POT WHEN I WAS A CHILD WHERE I THOUGHT I WAS A CKER SPANIEL.” SHE'S ALSO REPORTED THAT NOT ALL GAY PEOPLE SUPPORT THE EEDOM TO MARRY, SOMETHG SHE THKS SHOULD BE RTRICTED TO HETEROSEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S A SURPRISG NUMBER OF LGBT RRPONNTS AND ANCHORS ON FOX NEWS, ACTUALLY. EARLIER THIS MONTH, SHEPARD SMH SAID A SPEECH THAT BEG GAY DON’T IMPACT HIS WORK FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S NOT A THG. I GO TO WORK," HE TOLD STUNTS AT THE UNIVERSY OF MISSISSIPPI. "I MANAGE A LOT OF PEOPLE. I VER THE NEWS. I AL WH HOLY HELL AROUND ME [AND] I GO HOME TO THE MAN I’M LOVE WH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
JENNA WOLFE, TODAY SHOW ANCHOR, COM OUT AS GAY, ANNOUNC SHE’S EXPECTG A BABY GIRL WH GIRLIEND STEPHANIE GOSK
Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgenr and Queer televisn newssters have a proment profile many untri around the world.
Amerin Charl Perez of ABC News is one to particularly note - he published his book 'Confsns of a Gay News Anchorman' (2011) after his oral of beg fired om a posn Florida when he was intified as beg gay. For example, France, there is L'associatn s journalist LGBT, and Ameri there is the Natnal Lbian & Gay Journalists Associatn.
Frank BniColumnist, The New York Tim@FrankBniFormerly the chief rtrant cric for The New York Tim, Bni ma history 2011 by beg the Grey Lady's first out gay lumnist. The Emerson College assistant profsor is also a producer of the upg film Michael, based on his Tim Magaze piece about his "ex-gay" iend.
FOX NEWS' TAMMY BCE APOLOGIZ "AS A GAY WOMAN AND A FEMIST" FOR RIDICULG AUTISTIC BOYBCE LLED THE 10-YEAR-OLD "A SNOWFLAKE" NEED OF A "SAFE SPACE."{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}NEWSBY DAN AVERYMAY 17, 2017/12:24 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY DAN AVERYMAY 17, 2017 / 12:24 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"FOX NEWS' TAMMY BCE APOLOGIZ \"AS A GAY WOMAN AND A FEMIST\" FOR RIDICULG AUTISTIC BOY","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2017-05-17T16:24:35.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2017-05-17T16:24:35.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"DAN AVERY","ARTICLESECTN":"NEWS"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AFTER A VIO OF MIKE PENCE ACCINTALLY BUMPG A YOUNG BOY WENT VIRAL LAST WEEK, ONE FOX NEWS NTRIBUTOR CLARED THE CHILD WAS A “SNOWFLAKE” FOR MANDG AN APOLOGY OM THE VICE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON FRIDAY, FOX NEWS’ TAMMY BCE CHID 10-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL, CLARG, “I GUS WE’RE GIVG BIRTH TO SNOWFLAK NOW, BEE THAT LOOKED LIKE THAT KID NEED A SAFE SPACE THAT ROOM.” SHE ADD THAT MICHAEL “PRETTY MUCH STALKED THE VICE PRINT AFTERWARDS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT WHEN TURNED OUT MICHAEL WAS ON THE TISTIC SPECTM, BCE TRIPPED OVER HERSELF TO APOLOGIZE “AS A GAY WOMAN AND A FEMIST.”FOX {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}ON TUDAY, BCE ISSUED AN ON-AIR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“FIRST OF ALL, I AM “SO SORRY TO THE FAY,” SHE TOLD VIEWERS. “MY TENTN WAS NEVER TO HURT A KID AND HIS MOM. WE HAD ABSOLUTELY NO IA THAT MICHAEL WAS ON THE TISM SPECTM. AND AS A GAY WOMAN AND FEMIST, I HAVE SPENT MOST OF MY ADULT LIFE WORKG TO IMPROVE THE LIV OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN AND THOSE WHO ARE DISENANCHISED. I GET AND I APOLOGIZE.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BCE THANKED MICHAEL’S MOTHER, DR. HERRERA-YEE, FOR BRGG THE MATTER TO LIGHT AND AGREED ’S BT “TO LEAVE KIDS OUT OF OUR POLIL DISCSNS.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HERRERA-YEE APPEARED ON CNN’S THE LEAD WH JAKE TAPPER ON MONDAY TO EXPRS HER OUTRAGE OVER BCE’S {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“I WAS VASTATED WHEN I SAW WHAT THEY WERE SAYG,” SHE SAID. “THEY DIDN’T EVEN KNOW HIS AGE. THEY DIDN’T KNOW WHO HE WAS, BUT REALLY [WERE] TAKG OUT OF NTEXT A REALLY NOCENT TERCHANGE BETWEEN THE VICE PRINT AND MY SON.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DPE INTIFYG AS A LBIAN, BCE HAS PREVLY ATTACKED THE LGBT MUNY ON THE AIR: IN 2015, SHE MOCKED TRANSGENR CHILDREN BY SAYG, “THERE WAS A POT WHEN I WAS A CHILD WHERE I THOUGHT I WAS A CKER SPANIEL.” SHE'S ALSO REPORTED THAT NOT ALL GAY PEOPLE SUPPORT THE EEDOM TO MARRY, SOMETHG SHE THKS SHOULD BE RTRICTED TO HETEROSEXUAL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THERE'S A SURPRISG NUMBER OF LGBT RRPONNTS AND ANCHORS ON FOX NEWS, ACTUALLY. EARLIER THIS MONTH, SHEPARD SMH SAID A SPEECH THAT BEG GAY DON’T IMPACT HIS WORK FOR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}“IT’S NOT A THG. I GO TO WORK," HE TOLD STUNTS AT THE UNIVERSY OF MISSISSIPPI. "I MANAGE A LOT OF PEOPLE. I VER THE NEWS. I AL WH HOLY HELL AROUND ME [AND] I GO HOME TO THE MAN I’M LOVE WH.”{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS
Kate FaganWrer, ESPN@KateFagan3ESPN ntributor and lumnist Kate Fagan wr about basketball (and genr and sexism and homophobia) om a place of knowledge and ep, personal appreciatn. Adam* said was dangero to e out as gay his home untry and feared beg forced to an arranged marriage wh a said he was "so lucky" to wed his soulmate, Ray, Manchter and wish everyone uld marry who they love. There are more than 60 untri wh laws that crimalise same-sex sexual acts acrdg to the Internatnal Lbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans and Intersex Associatn, cludg Sdi Arabia.